BB, I am curious as to why you're converting French Carabiniers (series 21) to French Cuirassiers when there is a ready made set of Cuirassiers (series 19) available in almost identical poses.I'm assuming it is purely for a conversion tutorial.

Hi FredG, curiosity is cool. So are questions. I am aware of the French Cuirassier set you refer too,but I have been unable to buy those. None at Model Hobbies! None on E Bay.

As for your question, yes I wanted to show my conversions, but want to paint something to get my painting eye in tune, before doing smaller figures. All my paints are in the kids pocket money priced range.

The conversion game I like to play is one of leap frog. Cutting the French Dragoons, and Carabiniers heads off to make the 1st Dutch Carabiniers meant I could do a straight swop over without having headless body waste!

So a few French earned brand new heads. I am not doing many though. Perhaps another two. BB

Compulsive disorder more likely in my case Bluefalchion.__FredG, thanks for taking time out to enquire on my behalf.It was very kind of you. `I will ponder upon it the poor widows son that I am.' The horses are a bind at no mistake, but they are also just good looking toys. BB

I realised what you were doing here, it's a good way of getting Dutch/ Belgian Carabiniers and you get extra French Cuirassiers as a bonus. Great idea. Too bad they don't do the Dragoons in 1/72 though.

Thank Ye, Graeme, for commenting upon those old Dutch lads that took quite an active part in thrashing the French. Old friends who would have fought once for Old Boney, were now allied on the other side. One head swop and there they appear without epaulettes the 2nd Regiment Dutch & Belgian Karrabiniers.__ we English of course add the C ! A little work to creating the crest needed though. BB

I know the Italeri set Paul, but these and the HaT ones do have the older style uniform. That might not be such a big deal, I'm still happy to use them as 1815 french dragoons because the few Zvezda AoT style ones I have cost $10 per box of 3.

I might end up buying the Waterloo 1815 resin Belgians. Those Hagen ones look very nice too.